Malika Redmond

In the Values Voter Summit exhibit hall, amongst the expected array of conservative propaganda — the latest evangelical and right-wing books; recruitment booths from conservative universities; and political and advocacy organizations with pamphlets describing — one poster seemed out of place with its massive image of a lipstick-red stiletto.

After the demoralizing passage of Proposition 8 overturned same sex marriage in California in 2008 , those with a national platform laid this defeat for LGBTQ rights at the feet of racial minority communities. Much of this chatter went uncontested, as major news outlets asked mainstream LGBTQ groups (typically featuring White male spokespersons) as well as right-wing voices(often conservative religious voices of color) to analyze African-American and Latino communities’ perspectives on LGBTQ rights, cementing ideas of intolerance.